tomatoslices

[frank drum]

Please be patient

Our volunteers look into many questions every day; sometimes it takes them a little while to answer.

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[burnt isle]

No, that's knowledge of a fact, so it would use "savoir".

Tu sais qui l'a écrit, n'est-ce pas ?

[weak tartan]

If you use connaître can you change the meaning to something like "do you know (personally, are familiar with, are acquainted with...) the person who wrote this?" Or do you have to rephrase somehow to get that meaning?

[burnt isle]

If you were asking not about knoweldge of who it was that wrote it but instead whether I personally knew the person who wrote it, you could ask:
Tu connais la personne qui l'a écrit ?

[plucky hare]

ohh okay

i am doomed i thought i actually understand when to use savoir and connaître

😹😹😹😹

[weak tartan]

Every little encounter with correct usage helps. You're not doomed at all! 😄

[ocean topaz]

this isn’t definitive but knowledge that exists in an independent clause is always savoir

so you say “je connais la personne qui l’a écrit” but “je sais qui est la personne qui l’a ecrit”

not an independent clause but you get it

[plucky hare]

ah okay, that makes sense

[plucky hare]

wait i am confused, how are those different 😭

[ocean topaz]

think about how they're phrased in english

I know the person who wrote it vs I know who the person who write it is

[plucky hare]

ohhhh okay

that makes sense now